Anas ibn Mālik ibn Naḍr al-Khazrajī al-Anṣārī (; 612 712) was a companion of the

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. Finding the Truth in Judging the Companions, 1. 84-5; EI2, 1. 482 A. J. Wensinck J. Robson He was nicknamed Khadim al-Nabi for serving Muhammad for ten years.

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Anas ibn Malik, a member of the Najjar clan of the Khazraj tribe of Yathrib, was born in 612, ten years before the

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. Anas ibn Malik's father was Malik ibn Nadr and his mother was Umm Sulaym. His father, Malik ibn Nadr was a non-Muslim and was angry with his mother, Umm Sulaym for her conversion to Islam. Malik bin Nadr went to

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and died there. She remarried to a new convert, Abu Talha al-Ansari. Anas's half-brother from this marriage was Abdullah ibn Abi Talha. When Muhammad arrived in Medina in 622, Anas's mother presented him to Muhammad as a servant to him. Under the leadership of Muhammad, he participated in major events including Treaty of al-Hudaybiya, Battle of Khaybar,

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, Siege of Taif and the Farewell Pilgrimage. According to Anas bin Malik: I was present in Jerusalem (Palestine) with Umar after liberate from Bizantine. While he was giving food to the people one day, a monk from Jerusalem came to him without knowing that wine had been prohibited. The monk said : "Do you want a drink which will be permissible according to our books venwhen wine is prohibited? " Umar asked him to bring it and said : "From what has it been prepared? " The monk informed him that he had cooked it from juice until only one-third of it remained . `Umar dipped his finger into it, then stirred it in the vessel , divided it into two halves, and said: "This is syrup ( tila')." He likened it to resin ( qatirdn), drank from it, and ordered the amirs of the Syrian provinces to prepare it. He wrote to the newly established garrison towns, saying: "I have been brought a beverage cooked from juice until two-thirds of it were gone and one -third remained. It is like syrup . Cook it and provide it to the Muslims. After Muhammad's death in 632, Anas participated in the

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. In 638 AD (17 H), Anas go to Bashrah with Abu Musa al-Asy'ari as new governor. He was considered as the last of the prominent companions of Muhammad to die, having outlived Muhammad by 80 years. Anas died in 93 AH (712 CE) in

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at the age of 103 (lunar) years. T. P. Hughes, 1885/1999, ''Dictionary of Islam'', New Delhi: Rupa & Co.

Tomb

His tomb is located 20 minutes away from Basra City Center and was demolished in 2016 during war and till now is not reconstructed by the Iraqi government. However, the shrine was destroyed with explosive devices. The mosque and shrine is heavily damaged and walls stained with vandalism. The complex is still visited by Muslims, but the shrine doors have been sealed with concrete preventing pilgrims from entering and the deceased from being visited.

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